Talking of wine and heat: the Hungarian answer to fighting the latter by drinking the former is “fröccs” (aka “Spritzer” in German-speaking regions) which is as much a Hungarian invention as soda water: we, Hungarians, firmly believe so 🙂

[As to carbonated water: it is a fact that Jedlik Ányos (also inventor of the electric motor *) constructed the first contraption he called “”apparatus acidularis” to make large quantities of it in 1826. He published his findings in the “Zeitschrift für Physik und Mathematik” in 1830 under the title “Bereitung Künstlicher Säuerlinge”.]

What do Hungarians do if they get hungry on the beach? Buy some Hungarian fast food, of course! 🙂

Well, the most typical Hungarian fast food is “lángos”, a sort of deep fried flat bread, topped with salt, garlic, sour cream, cheese, or all of the above.

Fortunately, you don’t have to come all the way to Hungary to taste it: the New York City also has a Lángos Truck!

YUMMY!

If, however, they would rather cook something (which is also quick & cheap), it must be “lecsó” , a vegetable stew with only four basic ingredients: oil, onions, peppers (“paprika” – but not the ground variety!) and tomatoes, seasoned with salt (to taste) and a bit of sugar to accentuate flavors.

We did not, however, distinguish ourselves at the Eurovision Song Contest, but there is really no shame in that, is there? 🙂One of our countrymen, Mándoki László, however, did much better when in 1979, as a member of the German band called ‘Dschinghis Khan’ (performing the song with the same title), claimed the 4th place.In 2009, he was approached by one of (if not _the_) most powerful women in Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel to write a campaing song for her party.Please note that neither his hair, nor his moustache has changed one bit during the past 30 years. 🙂He received his musical training at IGeLU member institution Franz Liszt Academy of Music.